CHAPTER 11 DVC
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GROUPING BY GENDER, AGE, COMMON INTEREST AND CLASS
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 AGE GRADE | AN ORGANIZED CATEGORY OF PEOPLE BASED ON AGE EVERY INDIVIDUAL PASSES THROUGH A SERIES OF SUCH CATGEGORIES OVER HIS OR HER LIFETIME |
| AGE SET | A FORMALLY ESTABLISHED GROUP OF PEOPLE BORN DURING A CERTAIN TIME SPAN WHO MOVE THROUGH THE SERIES OF AGE-GRADE CATEGORIES TOGETHER |
| COMMON-INTEREST ASSOCIATIONS | ASSOCIATIONS THAT RESULT FROM AN ACT OF JOINING BASED ON SHARING PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES, OBJECTIVES, VALUES, OR BELIEFS |
| STRATISFIED SOCIETIES | PEOPLE ARE HIERARCHICALLY DIVIDED AND RANKED INTO SOCIAL STRATA, OR LAYERS, AND DO NOT SHARE EQUALLY IN BASIC RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT SURVIVAL, INFLUENCE, AND PRESTIGE |
| EGALITARIAN SOCIETIES | SOCIETIES IN WHICH EVERYONE HAS ABOUT EQUAL RANK, ACCESS TO AND POWER OVER BASIC RESOURCES |
| SOCIAL CLASS | A CATEGORY OF INDIVIDUALS IN A STRATISFIED SOCIETY WHO ENJOY EQUAL OR NEARLY EQUAL PRESTIGE ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM OF EVALUATION |
| CASTE | A CLOSED SOCIAL CLASS IN A STRATISFIED SOCIETY IN WHICH MEMBERSHIP IS DETERMINED |
| HOW DO SOCIAL CLASSES MANIFEST | 1.)PATTERNS OF ASSOC., WHO INTERACTS WITH WHOM, 2.) VERBAL EVALUATION: WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT OTHERS IN THEIR OWN SOCIETY 3.) SYMBOLIC INDICATORS: ALL SORTS OF STATUS SYMBOLS ARE INDICATIVE OF CLASS POSITION SUCH AS CERTAIN POSSESSIONS, CERTAIN JOBS (DIFFERENCES IN LIFE STYLE) |
| SOCIAL MOBILITY | UPWARD OR DOWNWARD CHANGE IN ONE'S SOCIAL CLASS POSITION IN A STRATISFIED SOCIETY |
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